AFC Vice President Saoud A Aziz M A Al-Mohannadi of Qatar and Govt Committee member Mohamed Khalfan Matar Saeed Alromaithi from the United Arab Emirates had lodged their candidacies to problem Sheikh Salman, the AFC stated on Saturday.

An anticipated problem from Saudi Arabia Soccer Federation’s former President Adel Ezzat didn’t materialise. Ezzat had stated in 2017 he would stand in opposition to Sheikh Salman within the 2019 elections.

Ezzat’s hopes of a constructing an influence base had been apparently damage in October by the choice of members of the South Asian Soccer Federation to withdraw from the Saudi-created South West Asian Soccer Federation.

Sheikh Salman stated in October he could be searching for a 3rd time period in workplace. He was first elected AFC president in 2013 to finish the time period of disgraced former president Mohammed bin Hammam.

Bin Hammam was banned for all times by FIFA, the sport’s governing physique, in 2011 and the AFC was led by interim president Zhang Jilong till Sheikh Salman’s profitable election.

The Bahraini was re-elected to his submit in 2015.

The AFC President additionally holds a Vice-President submit at world governing physique FIFA.